4th Annual Sustainable Raritan River Conference

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Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Judy Shaw, Ph.D., Director, Sustainable Raritan River Initiative
• Gloria McCauley, Deputy Mayor, Hillsborough Township
• Tim Taylor, Executive Director, Duke Farms
• Richard L. McCormick, Ph.D., President, Rutgers University
• Eric Stiles, President, NJ Audubon, Partners for Environmental Quality
• Kaid Benfield, Director for Sustainable Communities, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sustainability from the Region to the Neighborhood: What We Talk About When We Talk About Green

Citizen Scientists – the value of volunteers and how this data matters

• Nellie Tsipoura, Ph.D, Senior Research Scientist & Director of Citizen Science, NJ Audubon Society, Moderator
• Elizabeth Johnson, American Museum of Natural History - bees
• Susan Elbin, Ph.D., NYC Audubon - birds
• Cindy Ehrenclou, Raritan Headwaters Association, water monitoring
• Betty Ann Kelly, Union County Parks, Bioblitzes
• Nora Wagner, Duke Farms, citizen volunteers
• Respondent: Kimberly Cenno, NJDEP, AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassadors Program

Dam Removal and River Restoration - from stream banks to dam removal: restoring habitat and creating environmental value

• Michael Catania, Conservation Resources, Inc., Moderator

• John Jengo, MWH, the Calco Project

• Amy Soli, Ph.D., Stony Brook Millstone Watershed Association, dam monitoring

• Respondents: David Bean, NJDEP state role; Carl Alderson, NOAA, restoring fish habitat; Laura Craig, Ph.D., American Rivers, challenges for dam removal and Beth Styler-Barry, Musconetcong Watershed Association

Corporate Responsibility - promoting sustainability, remediation and restoring natural resources for community value

• Deb Mans, NY/NJ Baykeeper, Moderator

• Mark Laska, Ph.D, Greater Ecology, corporate partners - urban wetland restoration

• Brett Berkley, GreenVest, corporate partners for urban wetland restoration

• Glen Petrauski, Somerset Raritan Valley Sewerage Authority

• John Prince, USEPA Region II Superfund Program

• Jim Cosgrove, PE, Omni Environmental

Municipal Planning, Sustainable Neighborhoods and Regenerative Design –involving schools, non-profits and environmental commissions to create sustainable communities

• Sandy Batty, Association of NJ Environmental Commissions, Moderator

• Mark Biedron, Co-founder, the Willow School, educating for sustainability 

• Allan Williams, Environmental Commissioners, Highland Park

• Heather Fenyk, Environmental Commissioners, New Brunswick

• Karen Detrolio, Bernards High School, the Green Ribbon School Program

• Donna Drewes, Co-Director, Sustainability Institute at the College of NJ

• Respondents: Kaid Benfield, NRDC, and Jon Erickson, PhD, Highland Park Borough Council

Luncheon

• Steward Pickett, Ph.D., Distinguished Senior Scientist, the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Linking the Ecosystem: the Urban-Suburban-Rural Framework

• 2012 Sustainable Raritan River Awards

Connections and Recreation – engaging our communities, our neighbors and our kids - linkages to recreation, culture, and corporate leadership

• Kerry Miller, Association of NJ Environmental Commissions, Moderator

• Noreen Bodman, Crossroads of the American Revolution, tourism and history

• Paul Eidman, Reel Therapy, regional fishing expert

• Mike Blackwell, City of New Brunswick, Department of Recreation

• Tom Fobes, Monmouth County Parks

• Peter Bilton, Highland Park kayaker

• Bill Schultz, Raritan Riverkeeper
  

Land Management –keeping natives in, keeping deer out - connecting land with water and urban with rural for seamless environmental quality

• Rick Lathrop, Ph.D., Rutgers University, Moderator

• Michael VanClef, PhD, Ecological Solutions, deer and habitat

• Emile DeVito, PhD, Conservation Foundation, stewardship

• Thom Almendinger, Duke Farms

• Respondent: Steward Pickett, Ph.D., Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

Regional Economic Growth –Municipal & Economic Leaders Roundtable – attracting investment to the Raritan River Valley

• Carlos Rodrigues, Rodrigues Urban Design, Moderator

• Mark Lohbauer, JGSC Associates

• Caroline Ehrlich, Woodbridge Township

• Jo-Ann Liptak, Mayor, Raritan Borough

• Michael Kerwin, Somerset County Business Partnership

• Janet Smolenski, NJDEP, state role

Flooding, Mitigation and Adaptation - weather and hazard management

• Mark Gallagher, Princeton Hydro, Moderator

• John Miller, Princeton Hydro, floodplain management

• Tim Crowley, Director, Mitigation, DHS, FEMA Region 2, Mitigation

• Marcedius Jameson, NJDEP, state role

• Zeyuan Qui, Ph.D., NJIT, science and adaptation

June 14, 2012

4th Annual Sustainable Raritan River Conference

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